2024
Special Issue on Machine Learning Assisted Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
Tutorial on Generative Hyper-heuristics, GECCO 2024, Australia
Tutorial on Evolutionary Computation meets Machine Learning for Combinatorial Optimisation, GECCO 2024, Australia
Tutorial on Landscape Analysis of Optimization Problems and Algorithms, GECCO 2024, Australia
Tutorial on Evolutionary Algorithms and Hyper-heuristics, CEC 2024, Japan
Special Session on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation, CEC 2024, Japan
Special Session on Multi-Objective Automated Machine Learning, IJCNN / WCCI 2024, Japan
2023
Keynote talk on Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) in ICBDS 2023, Nanjing, China
Webinar talk on Cross-domain Algorithm Selection, in collaboration with IEEE Task Force on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimization (ESCO)
Hybrid Scheduling Chair of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Lisbon, Portugal, 15th-19th July (2023)
Special Session on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation, CEC 2023
Special Session on Evolutionary Computation for Automated Design of Machine Learning and Search, CEC 2023
Symposium on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation, SSCI 2023
Symposium on Automated Algorithm Design, Configuration and Selection, SSCI 2023
Keynote Talk, AutoML, International Conference on Images, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (ICIAAI 2023)
Workshop on Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms, GECCO 2023
Stream on Data Science meets Optimization, OR65 2023
Special Issue "Advances in Combinatorial Optimization and Discrete Mathematics with Applications" (Axioms - MDPI)
IEEE CIS Mentoring Program at CEC-2023.
2022
Keynote talk on Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) in MLCCIM, Xiamen, China
Invited speech on Cross-domain Algorithm selection at the 7th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM)—Global Supply Chain and Logistics (Global SCM), Istanbul, Türkiye
2021
2020
2019
Stream at EURO 2019 - Dublin, Ireland
IJCAI-workshop Macao, China
Talk at IMA-OR workshop in Birmingham
Combinatorial and Global Optimisation: Exact and Heuristic Approaches
stream at OR61: Annual Conference, University of Kent.
Data Science meets Optimization stream at EURO 2019
Special Session on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial
Optimisation, IEEE CEC 2019
Special Session on Evolutionary Computation for Service and Cloud Computing CEC 2019
Tutorial on Hyper-Heuristics - GECCO 2019
IEEE Symposium on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimization (IEEE ESCO)
Automatic Machine Learning Special Session - IEEE 2019 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2019)
Tutorial on Evolutionary Algorithms and Hyper-Heuristics (CEC 2019)
Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms (GECCO 2019)
2018
Stream on Hyper-heuristics in the 29th European Conference on Operational Research EURO 2018, July 2018
IEEE BIG DATA CONGRESS 2018, Track: Big Data Science and OptimizationOptimization and Heuristics
Session on Optimisation and Heuristics UKCI 2018, September 2018.
OR60 - OR Society Annual Conference, Metaheuristics Stream
Plenary speaker at Agro Big Data and DSS in Agriculture
Stream on Hyper-heuristics in the 29th European Conference on Operational Research EURO 2018, July 2018
Data science meets optimisation Workshop at FEDERATED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MEETING 2018
Evolving Deep Learning Approaches, 31st Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, which will be hosted by Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in December 2018
Tutorial on Evolutionary Algorithms and Hyper-Heuristics, PPSN 2018
Tutorial on Hyper-Heuristics, GECCO 2018
Special session on Computational Intelligence for the Automated Design of Machine Learning and Search (CIAD 2018), WCCI ’2018
Special session on Evolutionary Computation in Healthcare Industry, CEC'2018
Tutorial on Evolutionary Algorithm Hyper-Heuristics, CEC 2018
2017
Tutorial on Algorithm Selection: Offine + Online Techniques in the 11th International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL), China (November 2017)
Keynote Talk on Algorithm Selection: Offine + Online Techniques in the 7th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Networks (CENet 2017), China (July 2017)
Tutorial on Evolutionary Algorithm Hyper-Heuristics at CEC 2017
Workshop on Data Science Meets Optimisation at CEC 2017
2016
Dr Ahmed Kheiri won the top prize at the ROADEF/EURO challenge.
Special session on Combinatorial Optimisation and Heuristics at UKCI 2016.
Workshop on Natural Computing in Scheduling and Timetabling at PPSN2016.
2015
Tutorial on Evolutionary Algorithms and Hyper-Heuristics, ECTA 2015.
Tutorial on Hyper-Heuristics and Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2015.
Tutorial on Hyper-heuristics, GECCO 2015, Madrid, Spain, July 11-15, 2015.
5th Workshop on Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms (ECADA), July 11-15, 2015 @ GECCO 2015 in Madrid, Spain.
Special Session on Evolutionary Computation in Hyper-heuristics at CEC'2015.
Stream on Meta-heuristics at OR56.
2014
Workshop on Fundamentals of Hyper-heuristics at AI-2014, the thirty-fourth SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
Stream on Heuristic & Metaheuristics stream at APMOD 2014.
Workshop on Scaling Behaviours of Landscapes, Parameters and Algorithms at PPSN 2014.
Stream on Workshop on The Automated Design of Algorithms" at GECCO'2014
Workshop on Metaheuristic Design Patterns at GECCO'2014
Tutorial on Automatic Design of Algorithms via Hyper-heuristic Genetic Programming at PPSN'2014
Special Session on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization at CEC2014
Stream on Meta-heuristics at OR55.
2013
Tutorial on "Hyper-Heuristics for Combinatorial Optimization" at MICAI 2013
Track on Self-* Search at GECCO 2013
Special Session on Hyper-heuristics in Search and Optimization at CEC2013
2012
Special Session on Modern Hyperheuristics for Large Scale Optimization Problems at META2012
Special Session on Evolutionary based Hyper-heuristics and Their Applications at CEC2012
Joint Workshop on Automated Selection and Tuning of Algorithms at PPSN2012
Special Session on Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms, Hyper-heuristics and Memetic Computation CEC2012
Tutorial on Hyper-heuristics and Cross-domain Optimization at GECCO2012
2010
Workshop on Self-tuning, self-configuring and self-generating search heuristics at PPSN2010
Workshop on Understanding Heuristics: How do we get the best of both theory and empirical methods? at PPSN2010
Special Session on Cross-domain Heuristic Search at LION2012
Tutorial on Automated Heuristic Design at GECCO2011
Special Session on Systems to Build Systems at MISTA2011